The Game of the Cooking Pot
1744 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a group of figures in 18th-century Venetian attire participating in a parlor game. It is a characteristic genre scene by Pietro Longhi, known for his depictions of Venetian daily life.
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Pietro Longhi was famously dubbed the 'Venetian Hogarth' for his detailed and often satirical portrayals of the social habits of the Venetian aristocracy. This painting captures the 'cooking pot' game, a popular pastime of the era that emphasized the frivolity and leisure characteristic of the Rococo period in Venice.
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The Game of the Cooking Pot
Pietro Longhi, 1744
